No arrests for 'offensive' posts on websites without permission of top police officers: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court on Thursday said that no arrests could be made for objectionable comments on social networking websites without prior permission of senior police officers.
The apex court also directed all the states and Union Territories to comply with the Centre's advisory on arresting people for their comments on websites.
An application was filed in the Supreme Court earlier in May seeking its direction to the authorities to not take action for posting 'offensive' comments during the pendency of a case before it pertaining to constitutional validity of section 66-A of the IT Act.
The section 66-A of the IT Act states that any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or communication device, any information that was grossly offensive or has a menacing character could be punished with imprisonment for a maximum term of three years, besides imposition of appropriate fine.(PTI)
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